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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sassouma force Sologon to live after the king dies?
(a) Out in the woods, far away from the palace.
(b) In a small patch behind the palace.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In a pig sty.

2. What does Sogolon beg to borrow from Sassouma?
(a) A leaf.
(b) A branch.
(c) An egg.
(d) A berry.

3. Which group of African people is focused on in Sundiata's story?
(a) The peseants.
(b) The working class.
(c) The servants.
(d) The kings.

4. What is the weather like when Sogolon first goes into labor?
(a) It is raining.
(b) It is snowing.
(c) It is hailing.
(d) It is sunny.

5. Who does Sogolon worry might kill Manding Bory?
(a) Sassouma.
(b) Dankaran.
(c) Fassyky.
(d) Sundiata.

6. How old does Sassouma claim Dankaran was when he first began to collect baobob?
(a) Ten years old.
(b) Seven years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Twelve years old.

7. Which of the following characters is the griot of Sundiata's story?
(a) Manding Bory.
(b) Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate.
(c) Sundiata.
(d) D.T. Niane.

8. Which character is forced into Kanty's employment?
(a) Fassyky.
(b) Dankaran.
(c) Manding Bory.
(d) Sundiata.

9. How old is young Djata when the reader first sees him again after his birth?
(a) Three years old.
(b) Thirteen years old.
(c) Twenty years old.
(d) Ten years old.

10. Who is named heir to the throne once the king dies?
(a) Sundiata.
(b) Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate.
(c) Dankaran.
(d) Manding Bory.

11. What is the name of Sassouma's son, who is set to inherit the king's throne?
(a) Vanatare.
(b) Ganoush.
(c) Bleinmay.
(d) Dankaran.

12. What does Dankaran take away from Sundiata, sending him into a fury?
(a) His garden.
(b) His brother.
(c) His griot.
(d) His mother.

13. How does Fakoli react to Kanty's theft?
(a) He curses him.
(b) He kills him.
(c) He forgives him.
(d) He ignores him.

14. Which of the following ailments affects Sundiata?
(a) He is lame.
(b) He is mute.
(c) He is deaf.
(d) He is blind.

15. In which African country does this story take place?
(a) Chad.
(b) Mali.
(c) Libya.
(d) Somalia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the king fear marrying Sogolon?

2. What object does the hunter use to tell the king's fortune?

3. How many witches does Sassouma hire to kill Sundiata?

4. Where does Kouyaty begin his story of Sundiata?

5. Which of the following characters does NOT enter exile with Sundiata?

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